Latest Techdirt Comments http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... Re: Re: Return to active duty http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c226 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:44:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c226 linked article has the same line you mentioned above:

It is common to place law enforcement officers on paid leave during investigations of arrest-related deaths, but the Californian reported the deputies involved remain on duty.

"We're following the same protocol, as far as the administrative process is concerned, that we'd follow in similar-type incidents," sheriff's spokesman Ray Pruitt said.
]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/03160923172/chinese-hacks-google-database-surveillance-targets-highlight-how-dumb-technology-backdoors-are.shtml#c38 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:43:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/03160923172/chinese-hacks-google-database-surveillance-targets-highlight-how-dumb-technology-backdoors-are.shtml#c38 Re: Use Your Own Content http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c578 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:43:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c578
and your confusion shows the problem with everyone, not even the lawyers knowing what is covered by fair use and what is not.

The reason i believe this is fair use is the fact that they claim it took 6 months to create , while scroll is releasing software that does the same in an hour, how are you going to be able to compare when you cannot use the original.

And this is not about generating money from the content, the content is used as an example, which is allowed in fair use laws i believe or hope as nobody seems to know at the moment.

Also the artwork you mention previously was stolen to generate money from advertising, this is not the case here.]]> Their loss http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130521/20101423164/att-says-you-can-use-any-video-streaming-app-you-want-just-as-soon-as-it-can-get-meter-running.shtml#c166 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:41:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130521/20101423164/att-says-you-can-use-any-video-streaming-app-you-want-just-as-soon-as-it-can-get-meter-running.shtml#c166 Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c598 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:40:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c598 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c221 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:36:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c221 Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c559 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:36:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c559
Seriously congress needs to come up with an easy way to determine when something is fair use and when not to specifically help those who wish to create and more importantly those whose job it is to know.]]> Re: As I've said, police aren't even thugs now, just attack dogs. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c202 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:34:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c202 it's as though eye-witness testimony is being edged out entirely.

Eye-witness testimony is notoriously sketchy. The camera, when it captures the whole truth and isn't tampered with, is a lot better than human memories, which can forget, rationalize, etc, and people have been convicted of a crime based on witness testimony when other technologies (i.e. DNA, video tape, etc.) have ultimately overturned those convictions. The problem is that cameras are still really crappy and don't capture everything, and they tend to be directional and may not capture stuff happening on the periphery.

However, it is not being edged out entirely. In most cases, video-tape and other technology enhances what the eye-witnesses saw, giving juries a better idea about what really happened.]]> Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101209/09504712210/dailydirt-taking-another-look-nuclear-energy.shtml#c291 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:33:06 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101209/09504712210/dailydirt-taking-another-look-nuclear-energy.shtml#c291
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/liquid-batteries-0214.html

High temperature liquid metal batteries might be useful for grid-scale electricity. Someday?]]> Re: As I've said, police aren't even thugs now, just attack dogs. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c194 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:30 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c194 Oh, and take this egregious tenuously related dig: I bet EVERY ONE of those savages played violent video games until they could do it in real life. How could violent games possibly lead to any other behavior than savagery?


Once again Blue ignores any evidence contrary to his predetermined beliefs.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121219/09593821438/yet-more-evidence-shows-no-link-between-video-games-actual-violence.shtml

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130228/09391122151/video-games-do-not-cause-violence-according-to-former-fbi-profiler.shtml

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100609/1109309754.shtml

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090318/0212264165.shtml

There is plenty more where that came from.]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130508/10233423003/bug-allows-same-sex-marriage-nintendo-game-nintendo-releases-patch-to-fix-it.shtml#c3856 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:29:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130508/10233423003/bug-allows-same-sex-marriage-nintendo-game-nintendo-releases-patch-to-fix-it.shtml#c3856 And if you want to talk about the constitution, where it mentions religion it is restriction on the powers of congress. Anyone with any sort of reading comprehension can see that. Now, what US constitution are YOU reading?]]> Re: Re: Re: Re: Copyright http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c544 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:28:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/01382223168/new-york-times-tells-startup-it-cant-even-mention-ny-times.shtml#c544
They are not using the content to make money they are using it to show the possibilities that can be achieved within an hour, not 6 months. I would think the NYT would be happy with this as they do not have to spend a small fortune creating a story in a way people enjoy much much cheaper than they would have otherwise.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1602 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1602 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c190 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:24:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c190 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/03160923172/chinese-hacks-google-database-surveillance-targets-highlight-how-dumb-technology-backdoors-are.shtml#c13 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:23:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/03160923172/chinese-hacks-google-database-surveillance-targets-highlight-how-dumb-technology-backdoors-are.shtml#c13
A wall blocks things.
A door allows entry.

While both have vulnerabilities, a wall is much easier to defend than a door.

If you have a door you have to monitor it and allow or deny access as is appropriate.

With a wall you can just sweep off all intruders.]]> Kern County Frets About Its Image http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c172 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:22:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c172 Bakersfield California spoke about worries that]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c577 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:19:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/18265123163/reporters-find-exposed-personal-data-via-google-threatened-with-cfaa-charges.shtml#c577 Re: Re: Questions http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1599 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:17:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c1599

The cop was on a classic authoritarian power trip. "respect my authority"

The real crime here is that the "institutional authoritarian regimes" will not be punished or have a higher authority police them. convenient and a coincidence of authoritarians in general


Cops,principal and security guards should all be sued, fired, maybe even thrown in jail and be granted a criminal record.
It's what they would do to the kids if people didn't stand up in outrage.]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c149 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:16:45 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c149
This shouldn't surprise anyone though. The entire system is corrupt from the President down to the lowliest form of authority. It's only gonna get worse.]]> Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c144 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:15:19 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/17321623162/released-video-silva-beating-shows-his-last-moments-video-actual-beating-still-missing.shtml#c144